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UNITED STATES PATENT GEFICE.

' JOHN JULIUS STOPPLE, OF ELLVILLE, TEXAS.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,697, dated May 24. 1887.

Application filed d'aiiunryQ/l, 1F87. Serial No. 225,332. (No model.)

.To all whom it rita/y concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN JULIUs STorPLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bellville, in the county-of Austin and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itlappertains to make and use the same, j

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in whieh Figure 1 is a side view of my improved baling-press. Fig. 2 is a similar view seen from the other side. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal ver- Fig. 4 is an end view. Fig. 5 is a similar view from the other end. Fig. Gis a top view; and Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view of one end of the press, taken on the line xx of Fig. 4, showing the mechanismA for locking the doors in position.

' Similar numeralsof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of baling-presses in which the follower is forced upward in the press-box by a lever'pivoted or fuleruined upon the ends of togglearins,and having a rope or chain for drawing it into an upright position; and it consists in the irnproved construction and combination of parts of such a press, as hereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numerals 1 indicate the four upright posts, which are secured at their lower ends to two longitudinal sills, 2, connected at their ends by means of cross-sills 3. The ends of these crosssills rest in notches 4 in the upper sides of two longitudinal skids, 5, having their ends rounded at G, and connected by cross-pieces 7.

The .posts are connected by means of two longitudinal pairs of bars, 8, having their ends 5e supports for the ends 'and sides of the presssecured to the inner sides of the posts by means of transverse bolts 9, passing through the posts and through the ends of the bars, and cross bars 10 are secured with 'their ends to the inner sides of the longitudinal bars, forming box 11.

-lower end, as shown at 15, for the purpose of giving room for the compressinglever. The

ripper portion of the press-box is open at one v end and at one side, and the opening at the end is closed by a door, 77, having the perforated ends of its cross battens 16 pivoted upon a vertical rod, 17, and having a long staple, 1S, secured to a vertical batten near the hinge end and projecting beyond the latch edge. The opening in the side of the press boX is closed by means of a door, 19, which is pivoted upon a vertical rod, 20, )assing through the perforated ends of its battens 21, and the latch endsof these battens project beyond the latch edge of the door, and are provided with metallic lips 22, which may catch over the ends of the battensof the end door.

The ends of the battens of the side door are connected by means of a vertical hatten, 23,

having astaple, 24, passing through it with its Y of a top door, 29, having three longitudinal' blattens, 30, which are pivoted at their ends upon a transverse rod, 31, and the ends of these battens are held down by means of re movable cross-bars 32, inserted through slots 33 in the upper ends of the posts.

An arm, 34, is pivoted upon the middle batten, near the hinge end of the same, and has a weight, 35, attached to its free end, and this arm may be swung so as to bring its weight to either side,allowing the weight to assist in either opening or closing the top door.V A shelf or scaifold,36, issecured at the ends of two transverse bars, 37, which pass through IOO slots 38 in the upright posts, forming a support for the person filling the press box and tying the ties of the bale.

The follower 39 is of the usual construction, and is formed with four corner-posts, 40, having inclined braces 4l extending from the ends of the posts to the middle of the follower, and the upper end of a lever, 42, composed of two bars, 43, is pivoted to the middle of the under side of the follower upon atubular pivotal rod, 44, passing through the ends ofthe bars composing the lever, and through longitudinal battens upon the under side of the follower.

The lever has a tubular pivotal rod, 46, passing through its middle, and a sheave, 47, is

journaled upon the said rod between the bars, and the upper ends'of two toggle-arms, 48, are secured upon the ends of the rod, having nutted bolts 49 passing through the rod.

A sheave, 50, is journaled in the lower end ot' the lever, and another sheave, 51, is journaled in the lever exposed at the inner side of the same, below the sheave in the middle of the lever and above the sheave at the end.

-Two longitudinal sills, 52, are secured with their ends upon one of the cross sills, and have their inner ends supported by means of a crosspiece, 53, secured to the longitudinal sills, and a sheave, 54, is journaled between the outer ends of these sills, while a sheave, 55, is journaled upon a tubular pivotal rod, 56, journaled at its ends in bearings in the upper edges of the longitudinal sills of the frame, and in bearings 57 in the upper sides of the short sills,

- thev sheave being placed between the inner ends ofthe said sills.

A rope or chain, 5S, is secured with one end to a cross-bar, 59, upon one end of the `frame, and passes over the sheave at the middle of the lever, thereupon under the next sheave and around the sheave at the end, from which it passes under the sheave at the middle of the bottom frame, and under the sheave between the outer ends of the short sills, passing from this sheave to a suitable windlass.

The windlass 60 is preferahlyjournaled between two horizontal bars, 61, secured at their inner ends to two of the upright posts of the frame, and having suitable inclined braces, 62, and one end of the drum is provided with a grooved wheel,63,having a concentric ratchetwheel, 64, upon its outer side.

A pawl, 65, engages the teeth of this ratchetwheel, and is pivoted to one of the bars, and alever, 66, is fulcrumed to the outerside of the bar, and is provided with apin, 67, which projects under the pawl, and may raise the said pawl out of engagementwith the ratchet-wheel when the lever is tilted toward the frame yof the press.

An arm, 68, is pivoted at one end upon the end of one of the horizontal bars, and has a transverse slot, 69, at its other end,with which slot it slides upon an upright pin, 70, upon the end of the other bar, and the slotted end of the arm is provided with a brake.- shoe, 71,

which may bear against the peripheryT ofthe grooved wheel.

A rod, 72, is secured to the end of the brakearm and to the lever, so that the brake may be brought to bear against the wheel when the lever is tilted toward the press, raising the pawl.

A rope, 7 4, is secured to the wheel, winding into the grooved periphery of the same, and traveling overasuitableguide, 73, which holds 1the rope into the groove, and any suitable power may be applied to the rope upon the wheel, or the wheel may be turned by suitable power.

It will now be seen that when the rope upon the wheel is drawn the wheel will'bc revolved, and the drum will wind the rope from the lever upon it, drawing the lower end of the lever toward the middle of the frame and forcing the upper end with the plunger upward within the press-box, the toggle arms, which are pivoted with their lower bifurcated ends upon the central pivotal rod, being raised at the same time. \Vhen, now, the bale has been pressed and tied, the lever 66 is tilted toward the press, raising the pawl, which has been preventing the drum from revolving back, and the force ofthe expanding bale, together with the weight of the follower and lever, will cause the said follower to descend in the box, the brake upon the wheel preventinglhe follower from descending too fast.

The rear side of the press-box is formed with the usual openings or slots for the insertion ofthe ties, and the upper edge of the door is formed with corresponding notches, 75, for holding the ends of the ties.

The follower is provided at one end with an upwardly-extending plate, 76, which serves to close the opening formed in the press-box when the follower is down by the cut-out portion ofthe side piece, preventing any hay or other contents ofthe press from escaping at that point and getting caught. Before the follower is released the ties are inserted from the rear side of the box through the slots in the said side, the ends of the ties being held by the notches in the door until the pressing is finished, when t-he door can be opened and the ends of the ties secured together.

It will be seen that the entire frame is made principally of wood, secured together by long bolts, so that the frame may easily be constructed without the necessity of manufacturing peculiar castings for the same, and the e11- tire construction is simple and durable, and is such that the press may be easily repaired without requiring more than ordinary skilled labor if it should be damaged in any way.

The tubular pivotal rods will provide light and strong pivots, which may be easily cut or bored, and by reason of the bearings being principally Wood upon the metallic pivotal rods it is necessary to have the pivots comparatively large, so as to avoid their cutting into the wood, while at the same time it is de ISO `sirable tohave the pivots as light as possible,

which is accomplished by making the pivots tubular.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a baling-press, the combination of the follower, the lever composed of two bars, and pivoted with its-upper end to the follower, and provided with a sheave at the middle and a sheave at the lower end, and a sheave in the inner side below the middle, toggle-arms pivot-ed at their lower ends at the middle of the frame and with their upper ends to the middle of the lever, a sheave concentrically pivoted with the lower ends of the toggle-arms, and a rope secured at its end to one side 'of the frame, passing over the sheave at the center ofthe lever and under the sheave below the center, and around the end sheave and under the sheave at the middle of the frame to a suitable power, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2; In a baling-press, the combination of -a lever composed of two bars, and having the follower pivoted to its upper end, and having a sheave at its lower end and a sheave below its middle, toggle-arms pivoted at the middle of the frame, a tubular rod passing through the upper 'ends of the toggle-arms and through the middle of the lever, and having `nutted bolts passed through the endsof the togglearms, and a'rope passed from one side of the frame over the central sheave of the lever and under the sheave below, and around the sheave f at the end of the lever to a suitable power, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. In a baling-press having a door at the eud of the press-box and a door at theside of the press-box, the combination of a long staple securedwith its ends in a vertical batten upon the end door near the hinge end, a latchlever having a beveled end and pivoted upon the end of a staple passed through a vertical batten upon the side door, and a cleat secured upon the outer side of the side door, and having a notch for the admission of the end of the latch-lever behind the cleat, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

4. In a balingpress, the combination of an end door of the press-box, having a vertical batten near the hingeedge of the door, and having a long staple secured with its endsin the said batten, with the doubled end projecting beyond the latch edge, a side door for the box, having longitudinal battens formed with tongues at their free ends for overlapping the battens of the end door, and having a vertical batten near the latch edge, a staple passed with its nutted ends through the batten, alatch-lever pivoted with its beveled end upon the staple,

and having a long arm, and a cleat formed with a notch for the passage of the lever behind the cleat and secured upon the side door near its hinge edge, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

5. In a baling-press having a lever and toggle-arms operating the follower, the combination of a windlass having the operating-rope winding upon it, and having a wheel at one .end formed with a grooved periphery, and a ratchet-wheel secured upon the outer side of the grooved wheel, a pulling-rope secured to and winding upon the grooved wheel, a pawl pivoted to engage the ratchetwheel from above, a lever pivoted below the pawl and having a pin for raising the pawl, a brakearm pivoted at one end and having the other end provided with a brake-shoe for engaging the grooved periphery of the wheel, and a rod secured to the free end of the brake-arm and to the lever, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

6. In a baling-press, the combination of twol base-sills having bearings at their middles, `two short longitudinal sills secured by cross-pieces to the other sills, and having registering-bearings, a pivotal rod journaled in the bearings, and having a sheavejournaled upon its middle between the ends of the short sills, and the operating toggle-arms pivoted with their lower ends upon the pivotal rod, as and for the purpose shown and' set forth.

7. In a baling-press, the co mbination of posts of the frame having slots with a scaffold or shelf` having bars fitting into the slots in the posts, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

8. The combination, in a baling-press, ofthe press-box having the lower end of one of the end pieces eut away, a follower having a metallic lip or plate projecting from one end upward and closing the cutout portion of the box when the follower is down, and the operating-lever pivoted to the follower and tilting out through the cut-out portion of the box, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

9; In a baling-press, the combination of the top door, hinged to swing upward, with an arm pivoted with its end near the hinge end of the door, and having a weight at its outer end swinging longitudinally with the door, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence' of two witnesses.

JOHN JULIUS STOPPLE.

Witnesses:

J. K. STONE, L. L. PROUTY.

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